California's most notorious killers

CaptionTimothy Joseph McGhee

Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

Timothy Joseph McGhee: A northeast Los Angeles gang leader described by police as a "monster" who boasted in rap lyrics about his hatred of police and his love of killing. McGhee, a member of the Toonerville gang, was sentenced to death in January 2009 for the murder of two rival gang members and the girlfriend of a third. A jury in 2007 convicted McGhee of murder in the gang-related shootings of three people between 1997 and 2001. Jurors also found McGhee guilty of the attempted murder of four other people, including two LAPD officers caught in a pre-dawn ambush in Atwater Village as they chased three other Toonerville gang members.

Timothy Joseph McGhee: A northeast Los Angeles gang leader described by police as a "monster" who boasted in rap lyrics about his hatred of police and his love of killing. McGhee, a member of the Toonerville gang, was sentenced to death in January 2009 for the murder of two rival gang members and the girlfriend of a third. A jury in 2007 convicted McGhee of murder in the gang-related shootings of three people between 1997 and 2001. Jurors also found McGhee guilty of the attempted murder of four other people, including two LAPD officers caught in a pre-dawn ambush in Atwater Village as they chased three other Toonerville gang members. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo: Accused by police of opening fire at a 2008 Christmas Eve party at a Covina home and then setting the house ablaze, killing nine people. Several hours later, Pardo killed himself at his brother's home in Sylmar.

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo: Accused by police of opening fire at a 2008 Christmas Eve party at a Covina home and then setting the house ablaze, killing nine people. Several hours later, Pardo killed himself at his brother's home in Sylmar. (Associated Press)